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In the simplest case (of a positive and integer exponent), it is defined as repeated multiplication. The exponent tells you how many times the factor must be multiplied with itself. As an example:

34

is the same as

3 x 3 x 3 x 3

i.e., the factor 3 appears 4 times as a factor.

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